MAR_139:Senior Test Engineer / Test Automation Engineer

Job Description
MANDATORY SKILLS
Testing - Hil - Dspace
Preferred Skills
Diagnostic
Senior Test Engineer – Playwright Automation
Experience: 2–5 years
Role: Senior Test Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Role Summary
We are looking for a skilled Senior Test Engineer with 2–5 years of relevant experience in functional and automation testing. The candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in Playwright, along with experience in designing and executing test cases, maintaining regression/sanity suites, defect management, and following testing best practices.
Key Responsibilities
Analyze functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to define effective test scenarios.
Design, create, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases.
Develop and maintain Playwright-based automation test suites.
Perform functional, regression, smoke, sanity, system, API, integration, security, performance, and release testing as applicable.
Identify positive, negative, boundary, and corner test scenarios.
Review automated test scripts and test results.
Maintain regression and sanity automation packs.
Identify defects and maintain clear defect records using JIRA.
Ensure traceability of testing activities, defects, and results.
Perform root cause analysis for defect leakage and enhance test coverage accordingly.
Continuously improve overall test automation coverage and testing processes.
Work closely with development and other stakeholders to maintain product quality.
Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
Guide junior test engineers and support knowledge-sharing/training activities.
Independently plan and drive assigned testing activities to closure.
Mandatory Skills
Playwright Test Automation
Strong Functional/Manual Testing
Test case design, execution, and maintenance
Regression, Smoke and Sanity Testing
Strong knowledge of Test Automation frameworks
JIRA for defect/test management
GitHub / Git commands
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience creating positive, negative, boundary and corner test cases
Agile/Scrum working experience
Ability to work independently and guide junior team members
Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills
Automotive domain knowledge
DTC Authoring / diagnostic tool-related testing
API and integration testing exposure
ISTQB or equivalent testing certification
Job Responsibilities
Verify quality of requirements and reject if insufficient for qualified development and test creation
Translate functional and non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria into various test cases
Define, create and execute test cases for manual and for automated execution
Define, create and execute test cases for different levels and stages (system, API, integration, regression, security, performance, release)
Define, create and execute test cases to validate the inter-operability of the software with other tools of the KPIT diagnostic tool chain if applicable.
Actively look for ways to break the software
Review test code of other test engineers
Follow up discovered issues with descriptive defect records using the standard tooling (JIRA)
Ensure traceability of all testing related activities and results using standard workflow and tooling (JIRA)
Maintain high hygiene in testing activities and processes
Influence other stakeholders to ensure quality expectations are met.
Constantly increase level of test automation and related processes where possible and beneficial
Plan testing activities in close cooperation with or as part of the development team / authoring team
Proactively gather data to highlight system improvement areas
Participate in all scrum ceremonies
Plan and organize training of test engineers.
Perform root cause analysis on why reported bugs were not detected by our test team (Leakage Cause) and enhance own test scenarios accordingly

Work arrangement
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